AGENDA CITY OF MONONA AD HOC PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE COMMITTEE Library Municipal Room, Lower Level Wednesday, August 29, :30 P.M.

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1 AGENDA CITY OF MONONA AD HOC PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE COMMITTEE Library Municipal Room, Lower Level Wednesday, August 29, :30 P.M. 1. Call To Order. 2. Roll Call. 3. Approval of Ad Hoc Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee Minutes from July 25, Appearances. 5. Unfinished Business. 6. Convene in Joint Meeting with the Public Works Committee and the Public Safety Committee. 7. New Business Presentation on the Draft Strand Associates A. Reason for the Study B. Current status of walking and biking in Monona C. Goals and Objectives D. Key Routes and Typical Sections E. Additional Improvement Types F. Next Steps 8. Next Scheduled Meeting of the Ad Hoc Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee: Date to be Determined 9. Adjournment. NOTE: Upon reasonable notice, the City of Monona will accommodate the needs of disabled individuals through auxiliary aids or services. For additional information or to request this service, contact Joan Andrusz at (608) (not a TDD telephone number), FAX (608) , or through the City Police Department TDD telephone number The public is notified that any final action taken at a previous meeting may be reconsidered pursuant to the City of Monona ordinances. A suspension of the rules may allow for final action to be taken on an item of New Business. It is possible that members of and a possible quorum of members of other governmental bodies of the municipality may be in attendance at the above stated meeting to gather information or speak about a subject, over which they have decision-making responsibility. No action will be taken by any governmental body at the above stated meeting other than the governmental body specifically referred to above in this notice.

2 CITY OF MONONA Ad Hoc Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee Wednesday, July 25, 2018 MINUTES - draft 1. Call To Order: 6:38 PM by committee chair, Doug Wood. 2. Roll Call: Members Present: Chair Doug Wood, Alderperson Chad Speight, Julie Byrnes, Leslie Busse, Mary Possin Members Absent: Angie Fassl, Larry Reed City Staff Present: Dan Stephany, Brad Bruun, Curt Wiegel Professional Guests: Josh Straka, Jeff Held of Strand Engineers Inc. 3. Approval of Minutes: Approved June 27, 2018 Minutes; First Leslie Busse, Second Julie Byrnes 4. Appearances: None 5. Unfinished Business: None 6. New Items: A. Final Typical Sections and Corridor Types Jeff Held categorized corridors by traffic volume and explained treatment options for each type of corridor. Each different type of corridor has different types of treatment options. Roadway volumes and options were organized and categorized as follows: Low volume bike corridors/boulevards - < 750 vehicles per day; Higher volume bike corridors 750-1,500 vehicles per day; Collectors no sidewalk approximately 1,500 vehicles per day; Collectors with sidewalk over 1,500 vehicles per day; South Winnequah Rd.; and Ped connections using the Monona Sidewalk (painted line approximately 4-5 from the curb line designated for pedestrians. Committee discussed and reviewed all typical section options for differing corridors. Frostwoods corridor specifically as it relates to what can be done with simply restriping paint. However, it was noted that restriping has not solved an issue with speeding along the corridor. Suggestions of separators for bikers like bollards as well as striping was a suggestion, but Dan Public Works Director, stated that there is a risk of the bollards being a maintenance issue, especially for snow removal. If the bollards were temporary or able to be removed this would still require staff time. South Winnequah Rd. was discussed as a high priority corridor. The committee debated speed tables both temporary and removable as well as permanent. The removable ones would require more staff time each year and are less durable than a permanent raised table. Department of Public Works would prefer permanent tables. The suggested issue of the tables hindering emergency response was raised. Doug stated that the raised intersection on Monroe St. is on a main corridor for emergency response vehicles as well. Bus stops on each side of the street are needed for kids older than 4K. Kids need a place to stage safely on the side of the street while waiting and getting off of the bus. Doug commented on the subject of a potential shared use pathway along the West side of Winnequah. Doug stated that it d be preferred to see bikes not conflicting with driveways along the route. Brad addressed the issue with potential pinch points along the route that would not allow for a properly sized shared use path. Chad voiced concern that cost of options must consider that reconstructing South Winnequah is not a viable option. There is a significant amount of pedestrians on the route and Julie suggested that there is a need for sidewalks along the route. Currently the route is not easy to use for either pedestrians or bikers to use. With only one lane on one side of the street to use for pedestrians it requires multiple peds cross unnecessarily from one side to the other and then potentially back again, putting peds in conflict with vehicles more times than would be necessary with sidewalks on both sides. Josh asked if there was an issue with the No Parking on S. Winnequah Rd. Dan stated that so far there have only been 2 calls and Julie stated they have not seen many comments on Next Door Monona. Leslie asked if there was a way for a temporary permit for anyone needing to park for brief periods of time or would there be anything that could be done during winter. Assuming the curb stays where it is along S. Winnequah Rd., there are 2 options, a shared use path with parking or 2 bike lanes, sidewalks, and no parking. Page 1 of 3

3 B. Priority Corridors Discussion Proposing no parking along collectors without sidewalks as a near term solution. Committee disagreed this was a good solution and these streets (Nichols, Dean, Maywood, Owen, and Winnequah) need to keep parking. Mary suggested there is no need to mark bike lanes on those roadway. The pedestrians do need to be taken off those streets. Mary also made note of the issue with bike traffic, vehicle traffic, and parked cars on N. Winnequah near Stone Bridge Park. This area is particularly crowded. Chad suggested that sidewalk would be much easier to tolerate in cases like that than limiting or stripping parking. Bikers seem to be able to manage these collector streets. Chad suggested that focusing on the pedestrian significantly improves issues along most corridors and makes a lot of sense. In most cases adding sidewalks allows to keep parking. Doug suggested that adding a multiuse pathway through Winnequah Park would alleviate issues of bikers, pedestrians, motorists, and parking sharing the section of Winnequah Rd. from Winnequah Trl. to Progressive Ave. Mary suggested that bikers need to be allowed to use the full lane along Winnequah Rd. and other collector streets. The committee proposed striping a sharrow, walk lane, and parking on one side along Winnequah in the short term from Winnequah Trl. and Dean Ave. Ped symbols should be added to the walk lane so bikers have a clear understanding not to use it. Chad suggested good signage is necessary along this corridor. Dan stated that the result of this project needs to include a sidewalk installation plan. Short term a Monona Sidewalk may be the best solution, but in the long term there needs to be off street accommodations for pedestrians. Corridor ranking needs to include consideration of equity and connectivity. Also suggested was to add bike and pedestrian counts as a consideration once rankings were completed. These counts can assist in the prioritization of street corridors and the treatment options suggested for those corridors. Staff to continue collecting bike and ped counts along higher priority corridors. A bike and pedestrian shared path running from Bridge Rd. south of Broadway running behind WPS, over Hwy. 12 and along the eastern border of the industrial park to meet up with the Capital City Bike Path. The committee agreed that there is no efficient and safe route from Winnequah Rd. to the South Town area of Monona. C. Traffic Calming Notes Suggestions shared with the committee. Keeping these items listed generally at the upcoming group meeting was suggested. D. Priority Intersection Updates The 5 way intersection at Maywood, McKenna, Greenway was asked to be added to the map as a priority intersection as well as Midmoor at Winnequah Rd., and Winnequah Trl/Tecumseh at Winnequah Rd. E. Draft Project List See excel document shared at meeting. Besides finishing the draft of the engineering report from Strand, Brad will be drafting the rest of the E s that are considered in a comprehensive pedestrian and bicycle improvement plan. Doug also suggested that the plan should include a safe routes to school section or that the safe routes to school suggestions should be included in every section where it would fit. F. Implementation South Winnequah Rd. is the highest priority at this time. A budget is being requested for 2019 that includes funding to remove the raised bump outs/sidewalk sections in the bike paths, 3 table top traffic controlling devices, mill and overlay new asphalt, and restriping. Doug suggested that due to budgetary constraints the Year of the Paint may need to wait until Bridge Rd. at Winnequah Rd. will be reconstructed in Next step would be to get cost estimates for high priority projects. 7. Next Steps A. Joint Meeting with Public Safety, Public Works Committees, August 29, 2018 There was a discussion of the best items to present at this meeting. Data should be gathered about the effect of removing parking along S. Winnequah Rd. This meeting will be a dry run for the second public information meeting. ** Combined Meeting of Public Works, Public Safety, and Ad Hoc Pedestrian and Bicycle Committees on Wednesday, August 29, 6:30 PM Library Municipal Room 8. Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM. Motion Leslie, Second Mary Page 2 of 3

4 Prepared By: Brad Bruun Please contact Brad Bruun, (608) with any questions about the minutes or meeting agendas thank you. Page 3 of 3

5 and Bicycle Plan Public Works and Public Safety Meeting August 29, 2018

6 Meeting Topics 1. Reason for the Study 2. Current Status of Walking and Biking in Monona 3. Goals and Objectives 4. Key Routes and Typical Sections 5. Additional Improvement Types 6. Next Steps

7 Reasons for the Study Community Plans Public Support Accessibility Health Safety

8 Monona Comprehensive Plan

9 Community Desires Monona Community Survey Results (2012) #2 #4

10 Nationally

11 Accessibility Children/School Parents driving students comprise 10 to 14 percent of AM rush hour traffic (McDonald, Brown, Marchetti, & Pedroso, 2011). More parents driving creates more traffic which leads to yet more parents driving (negative loop) walking_and_bicycling.cfm

12 Maywood Road In Monona, only 22% of families with children at Winnequah School let them walk or bike there, yet 70% live within 2 miles

13 Coldspring Avenue

14 McKenna Road

15 Older Americans Roselawn Avenue Dan Burden 21% over 65 do not drive Over 50% of non-drivers stay at home on a given day because they lack travel options Basic Services Dan Burden Groceries Appointments Growing segment of Monona resident bringing groceries home from Pick n Save population Foster Equity

16 Anthony Place Older Residents

17 Disabled Residents

18 Health

19 Health 55% US adult population falls short of activity guidelines Solutions 43% of people with safe places to walk met recommended activity levels (compared with 27% without) People in walkable neighborhoods did 35 to 45 more minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week.

20 Safety - Nationally

21 Safety - Local Dane County Number Per 1,000 People Monona vs County Madison Monona County Madison Monona County Ped crashes % 65% Bike crashes % 92% Monona vs. Madison

22 Safety - Local Number Per 1,000 People Monona vs County Madison Monona County Madison Monona County Ped crashes % 65% Bike crashes % 92% Number Per 1,000 Commuters Monona vs County Madison Monona County Madison Monona County Monona vs. Madison Crash rates above are lower in Monona per capita, however, fewer people walk and bike in Monona Means of transportation to work County: 5.7% walk, 2.9% bike Madison: 9.5% walk, 5.2% bike Monona: 1.8% walk, 2.4% bike Ped crashes % 343% Bike crashes % 200% Monona vs. Madison

23 Current Status of Walking and Biking in Monona

24 Destinations Parks/Open Space Commercial Schools/Community Schluter Beach MGHS City Center Winnequah ES Immaculate Heart Library Nuestro Mundo Maywood Frost Woods Woodland Aldo Leopold Bridge Road Ahuska Capital Springs State Recreation Area

25 Sidewalks in Monona Monona has: 44.3 miles of street centerline (without the Beltline) 13.3 miles of sidewalk (30%)

26 Sidewalks and Destinations Parks/Open Space Commercial Schools/Community Schluter Beach MGHS City Center Winnequah ES Immaculate Heart Library Nuestro Mundo Maywood Frost Woods Woodland Aldo Leopold Bridge Road Ahuska Capital Springs State Recreation Area

27 Designated Bike Routes Through Monona

28 Designated Bike Routes Through Monona Parks/Open Space Commercial Schools/Community Schluter Beach MGHS City Center Winnequah ES Immaculate Heart Library Nuestro Mundo Maywood Frost Woods Woodland Aldo Leopold Bridge Road Capital Springs State Recreation Area

29 Goals and Objectives

30 Goal Provide safe and convenient pedestrian and bicycle accommodations that connect Monona neighborhoods to community destinations and the greater region. Objectives Provide off-street pedestrian routes to schools, community facilities, parks, and businesses. Provide bike route options that connect neighborhoods to schools, community facilities, parks, and businesses. Provide high quality and safe pedestrian and bicycle connections to adjacent communities and regional facilities. Provide street and intersection design that is sustainable, sensitive to Monona s unique context, lowers travel speeds, and safely accommodates pedestrian and bicycle movements.

31 Key Routes

32 Key Routes Map Existing bike route Key bike and ped corridor Key ped corridor Key intersection

33 Corridor Typical Sections Lower impacts/costs: Generally marking/signing/parking restrictions only Higher impacts/costs: Add sidewalk and/or move curbs

34 Lower Volume Bike Corridors/ Boulevards (under 750 vpd) Typical Street Sections

35 Higher Volume Bike Boulevards (750 to 1,500 vpd) Typical Street Sections

36 Collectors, no sidewalk (Over 1,500 vpd) Typical Street Sections

37 South Winnequah Road Typical Street Sections

38 Collectors, with sidewalk Typical Street Sections

39 Lower Volume Bike Corridors Higher Volume Bike Boulevards Collectors, no sidewalk Collectors, with sidewalk Winnequah Road Ped Connections

40 Other Improvements

41 Intersection Improvement Examples

42 Winnequah Rd. and Maywood Rd.

43 Winnequah Rd. and Maywood Rd.

44 Maywood/McKenna/Greenway Monona Source: Pedestrian UniverCity Report Towards a Safe Routes to School Plan and in Bicycle Monona Plan

45 Dean Ave./Monona Drive

46 Dean Ave./Monona Drive

47 Broadway/Falcon Cir. (east)

48 Broadway/Falcon Cir. (east) P

49 Traffic Calming

50 Chance of Fatality with Speed

51 Traffic Calming Notes Use treatments that have lower impact on emergency response vehicles Speed cushions can be straddled Image: National Association of City Transportation Officials Image: National Association of City Transportation Officials

52 Traffic Calming Notes Use treatments that have lower impact on emergency response vehicles Raised intersections (rather than just crosswalks) can be traversed more easily Image: Federal Highway Administration Image: National Association of City Transportation Officials

53 Traffic Calming Notes Determine need for and type of features at the time of near-term improvements For low volume corridors with speeds under 30 mph, proposed markings, signage, and other improvements should be sufficient

54 Next Steps

55 Next Steps Public Information Meeting #2 Draft Recommendations to City Council Document Process and Recommendations

56 and Bicycle Plan Public Works and Public Safety Meeting August 29, 2018